Jiang Xia looked at the lone twin, seemingly curious. "Where is the other Miss Shimogasa?"
The old butler noticed the issue as well. "Yes, where is your older... uh, or younger sister? I remember you were cleaning the yard together just now."
Torimaru Naoko: "..."
After a moment of silence, she turned to look toward the door. Sure enough, she spotted the hem of a skirt trembling slightly by the entrance.
Pretending not to notice, she said to the butler, "Maybe she saw some dust by the door and is cleaning it up—I'll call her in right away."
That was, of course, a lie.
Her fake younger sister, Takamori Masumi, was hardly a maid dedicated enough to be unable to tolerate a speck of dust. There was only one reason she was dawdling outside instead of coming in—Jiang Xia was in this room.
Torimaru Naoko: "..." Some time ago, she had set Takamori Masumi up. Through psychological manipulation and suggestion, she had involved her in a series of Murder Cases, turning her into the carefully prepared scapegoat... Yet the drama she had directed ultimately failed to reach its intended conclusion. Jiang Xia saw through the entire Murder Case; neither the Puppeteer nor her puppet could fool this Detective, and both were unfortunately arrested.
The matter should have ended there, but who could have expected the two of them to be abducted on the way to the Police Station? Only afterward did Torimaru Naoko discover in shock that she was not the "Puppeteer" she had believed herself to be—there had actually been another hidden hand behind her, directing everything. Just like Takamori Masumi, whom she had once despised, she was merely an ignorant, foolish sheep.
After undergoing plastic surgery and modifications by the Mysterious Organization, Torimaru Naoko inexplicably acquired a new